Squirty Murt was the baby doll of the family, she was only a small Stafford, being 13.5" tall & had the typical "small person syndrome" that made her feel bigger in her eyes anyway. She was full of hot air & bluff, managing to convince most dogs that she was really tough and to keep away. The only one who didnt believe her was her grand daughter CJ.
Murty Turt was a homebody, she absolutely HATED going away - an outing is fine, a day is acceptable, anything longer than that - NO WAY! The longer we were away the worse she got - grumbly and narky to the whole world until she got home. She hated travelling in the car & hated even more not sleeping in her own bed (ours that was)!
Since we lost her mother Maddy, Murt tried everything she could think of to replace Mad with me & become the favoured one. All the special allowances that Mad had Murtle decided was her right to have - sleeping on the bed, sitting on the lounge, having special treats & generally keeping me company. Now the strange thing about this is before Mad died she was always Glenn's baby and I was the bit on the side, of course now Glenn feels betrayed by her dumping him & running to me.
Squirt had one litter to Gr Ch Boldhart Booker Bates & had 7 puppies in that tiny body of hers. We decided to have her desexed after that as it was too much on her body to have that many & I did not want to risk her again. This litter produced some special babies with two gaining their titles - our own Triple Ch Ourgang Misguided Angel "Angel" FM & Ch Ourgang Tmorrow Blongs TMe "Scooby".
Murt became a superstar & her photo appears on the Supercoat Lix Crunch Roll treats so she really thought she was special & she was.
We lost her recently due to many cancers causing her pain, something we thought she should not have to live with so here is her tribute:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8vs8IeCaIg
I miss you more and more every day my Murt, in my heart always